Bail Bonds

The 85th Texas Legislature is nearing its long-awaited conclusion. By all accounts that state’s long running bail system remains fully intact after a withering assault this session. This legislature will be fallow in 2018 providing PBT’s Legislative Committee time to recoup after what could only be described as heroic efforts to fend off adverse legislation and keep Texas bail agents in business.

Texas doesn’t often look to New Jersey as a model for justice, but some Texas lawmakers are walking down the same risky pathway as the Garden State in seeking what they call bail bond reform.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Trust-judges-to-set-bail-or-not-11125090.php

Unless someone you know has been arrested and charged with a crime, you may only be familiar with bail from what you’ve seen on TV. Bail lets a defendant stay out of custody, or jail, until all court proceedings, including hearings and trials, are complete.